Many things are possible in real life that are much too improbable for use in fiction. As Mark Twain said, and we can afford to repeat it again, "Truth has the advantage over fiction, for fiction has to seem true." The idea behind this farce comedy doesn't convince us enough to be truly amusing. In it, for lack of a birth certificate, a boy grows up from one difficulty to another; he is refused admission to a school (where was the truant officer?); he loses his first vote; is denied a marriage license, and finds the sole record his father left only on the back of a dog license. Perhaps someone disgusted with the red tape in modern city life made the farce; but we didn't hear any laughs from the spectators. - The Moving Picture World, December 28, 1912
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